In the introduction you analyzed data points that all fell on the same function, which gave you a perfect correlation between the height of the candle and how long it had been burning. Most real-world data is not perfectly correlated, thus it is important to recognize the types of relationships that may exist within the data. For this activity, you will explore such data based upon a wide selection of vehicles.
Cars are a vital part of life in the United States. They help us get to school or to work. They allow us to travel down the street or halfway across the country to meet with friends and family. However, these benefits do come at a cost, both financially and to the environment. During this activity we are going to explore how some of these costs can be minimized.
1) Find a partner.
2) Open the following Excel Spreadsheet: Cars.xls
This is a table of car specifications of various makes and models.
3) Using the Excel Spreadsheet above, answer the following questions within your group page below. Remember, only one person can edit the page at a time. Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Group 11 Group 12
4) Visit at least two other groups' pages, open their file, and view their answers to the questions. Go to their discussion page and respond with the following questions:
Do you agree with their fuel efficiency analysis? Why or why not?
What does their analysis tell you about vehicle fuel efficiency?
5) If you finish before all groups are done read this interesting article in relation to cars and fuel efficiency: Fuel Efficiency Article
Activity One:Exploring Relationships in Cars
Cars are a vital part of life in the United States. They help us get to school or to work. They allow us to travel down the street or halfway across the country to meet with friends and family. However, these benefits do come at a cost, both financially and to the environment. During this activity we are going to explore how some of these costs can be minimized.
1) Find a partner.
2) Open the following Excel Spreadsheet:
- This is a table of car specifications of various makes and models.
- If you have forgotten how to use Excel for scatterplots, watch this brief video
3) Using the Excel Spreadsheet above, answer the following questions within your group page below. Remember, only one person can edit the page at a time.Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
Group 11
Group 12
4) Visit at least two other groups' pages, open their file, and view their answers to the questions. Go to their discussion page and respond with the following questions:
- Do you agree with their fuel efficiency analysis? Why or why not?
- What does their analysis tell you about vehicle fuel efficiency?
5) If you finish before all groups are done read this interesting article in relation to cars and fuel efficiency: Fuel Efficiency Article